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Example 39-93
Yo tə faze burak.
Yo
1sg
tə
ipfv
.
npst
faz-e
make-
inf
burak.
hole
I'm making a hole.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Cardoso 2009
: 327
Language:
Diu Indo-Portuguese
by
Hugo C. Cardoso
cite
Datapoints:
Tense-aspect systems: Mixed aspectual-temporal system
Marking of patient noun phrases: Only animate patient NPs are marked
Ditransitive constructions with ‘give’: Indirect-object construction
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